Venezia fought laborious to safe a much-needed victory over Cagliari on this relegation dogfight with two unorthodox objectives and a few Filip Stankovic heroics.
This was an enormous conflict . The Lagunari have been coming off back-to-back 2-2 thrillers in opposition to Como and Juventus, however Michael Svoboda was dominated out for the season by a torn ACL, becoming a member of Alfred Duncan, Richie Sagrado and Antonio Raimondo on the absentee record. The Sardinians missed Zito Luvumbo to an ankle sprain after slim 1-0 defeats to Fiorentina and Atalanta.
Joel Pohjanpalo didn’t take advantage of a misplaced Nadir Zortea go, as Cagliari dominated the early phases and managed the initiative on the Stadio Penzo.
Mikael Ellertsson made a decisive interception to cease Zortea nodding in a Tommaso Augello cross on the far publish, however Filip Stankovic had an enormous stroke of luck when the Yerry Mina header from Augello’s free kick hit him within the face for probably the most unorthodox of saves.
It was Venezia who took the lead very a lot in opposition to the run of play. Gaetano Oristanio acquired away from a crowd of defenders to dash down the left and pull again, the place Augello failed the interception, permitting Francesco Zampano to faucet in from seven yards.
Zortea examined Stankovic with a slight deflection, however Venezia got here out combating for the restart with Alen Sherri twice flapping a harmful ball off the ft of Pohjanpalo and Gianluca Busio, then Jay Idzes didn’t make the most of a chaotic Mina clearance.
Sherri at full stretch fingertipped a Hans Nicolussi Caviglia roller out of the highest nook and acquired away with a shaky save on the Anderson snapshot, whereas Oristanio additionally drilled extensive from distance.
Venezia thought that they had made it 2-0 on the hour mark with a pleasant Oristanio lob, however Pohjanpalo was offside on the help from midfield and the SAOT (Semi-Automated Offside Expertise) confirmed it was simply his trailing stud that was guilty.
The Lagunari did handle to get their second moments later, as a result of Marin Sverko began the run from the ultimate third, stumbled and fell, however nonetheless managed to toe-poke it in the direction of purpose a lot to the shock of the Cagliari defenders and goalkeeper.
Cagliari threw on Leonardo Pavoletti and he rapidly acquired them again into the sport, his towering header on Augello’s cross from the left bending again Stankovic’s glove.
It changed into a siege from the Sardinians, as Stankovic fingertipped the Gabriele Zappa roller out of the highest nook, then carried out a heroic double save on Gianluca Lapadula from point-blank vary.
Stankovic rushed off his line to disclaim Mattia Felici on the again publish in stoppages
Venezia 2-1 Cagliari
Zampano 39 (V), Sverko 67 (V), Pavoletti 76 (C)
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